Eating Local Flavor in Salt Lake City, Utah
Environmental Friendly, Green Restaurants Featuring Local Foods
Jan 26, 2009
Eating food grown locally has huge environmental, social, and economic benefits. Local foods require less fossil fuels to produce, are better for air quality and the health of the local lands, and taste better than foods shipped thousands of miles for consumption. Local foods and restaurants are also better for the local economy since more money stays within the community. Choose foods that support community and are better for the environment by trying these local food friendly restaurants in Salt Lake City.
One World Everybody Eats Café
For a surely unique dining experience, visit the One World Café on 41 South 300 East near downtown Salt Lake City. One World has no set menu as chefs use what is seasonally available to create a variety of soups, salads, and entrees. Vegetarian, vegan, and meat selections are available and all food served is organic. What makes this café extremely unique is not only its lack of a menu but its lack of a price list. One World Café asks that customers determine their own price for their meal and are asked to pay what they feel their meal is worth. This non-profit restaurant also lets volunteers work in the kitchen, garden, or other places in the community to earn their meal.
Squatters Brewery
Know for its award winning microbrewed beers, Squatters has also been acknowledged for its environmental friendly practices. Squatters purchases renewable energy credits, recycled and environmentally friendly goods, and foods and services from locally owned, environmentally committed companies. Squatters also changes its menu seasonally to ensure that they are able to serve foods in their natural growing season, when foods are at their peak taste. Try the Organic Amber for a taste of sustainably brewed beer. Located on 147 West Broadway (300 South), downtown Salt Lake City.
Sage's Cafe
Visit Sage’s Café on 473 East 300 South in Salt Lake City for organic vegetarian food prepared with locally produced breads, pastas, fruits, and vegetables. Sage’s participates in a Green Wind Power program for electricity and composts and recycles to reduce waste. Tuesday night is Pizza Night for all you can eat pizza and salad or try the Tacos Vegetarianos or Magical Wok for a delicious, flavor packed meal. Sage’s is one of the only places in Utah to give the Raw Foods movement a try. Dine at Sage’s the last Friday of the month for a four-course meal of raw cuisine.
The Wild Grape Bistro
The recently opened Wild Grape Bistro prides itself on its use of local, western flavor. The Wild Grape located at 481 E South Temple serves lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch. The chefs create their dishes using as many local products as possible from Morgan Valley lamb burgers to omelets made from free-range eggs and local, in season produce. The extensive wine list offers a selection of bottles from small wineries located throughout the west. It can be quite challenging to find a bite to eat in Salt Lake after 9pm, so Wild Grape’s late night menu (served Monday through Saturday, 9:30 pm to 12:00 am) is a welcome addition to Salt Lake’s later evening options.
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